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    Inane scripting

    The people who come up with scripting are incredibly insulated and arrogant to think that anyone with an IQ 100 or greater can't figure out that they are being read lines. It's an insult to the...
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    Inane scripting

    Funniest post ever on
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    How do you address nurses with a PhD?

    "Hey
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    Overweight RN talked about

    I remember at one job, there was a gal who was actually probably morbidly obese. A funny thing that I noticed was, the heavy coworkers were the ones who made fun of her behind her back. I never saw...
  5. The day after the election I had minor surgery. During the preparatory phase, the crew began to negatively discuss the presidential election, specifically their unhappiness with the president elect....
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

    If this site is bothering you, don't visit
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    That's because, beer IS food, duh. Especially dark, craft
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    I'll have to talk to my kids. If I end up in the rest home, make sure I get my before dinner glass of wine, or
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    This was more common back in more sensible times. The patient is obviously a daily drinker and needs his maintenance dose. My late husband got wine with meals in the hospital to help his appetite...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Yes, there are heavier people who stay quite healthy. There are young drivers who are great drivers. There are smokers who live into their 90s. But, statistically speaking, we all know the facts....
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    I never see young, perky people telling others how to be fit. Actually, these days, there aren't many skinny people left in any age bracket. We live in the land of abundance. North American young...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Some comments here towards thinner people are uncalled for. I had no idea that there was this type of resentment! If heavier folk want acceptance, please pay the same favor to your slender...
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    What keeps you going as a nurse?

    First and foremost, I love having a marketable skill and being paid for it. Nursing is amusing. Some days it's a veritable freak show. The people you meet are so varied! People can really open up to...
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    Pet peeve

    I'd like to see better writing and speaking skills from college prepared colleagues. It doesn't reflect well on our profession when we use double negatives, and other grammatical errors associated...
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    Peer evaluations

    Someone will contribute that you seem "distracted and nervous" and "She doesn't always always reflect the mission statement". "Seems stressed" "Not friendly" "I worry about her critical
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    Peer evaluations

    Anonymous peer evals just open the door to malicious remarks and hurt feelings. They are like the internet comments section below the news articles. When people are undercover their dark sides bubble...
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    School Nurse Gives Wrong Medication

    Slow news day? The media will exploit anything they can get their hands
  18. Not everyone can just up and move. People have spouses with jobs, or ex-husbands or wives with legal rights to see their kids. Most new grads I see are varied, you can't paint then all with a broad...
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    Preceptor gift

    It's done all the time where I work. It's not unprofessional at all. It's gracious and makes people feel good and appreciated. I traditionally give my nurse manager a bottle of my home made hard cider...
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    Preceptor gift

    Something thoughtful but inexpensive . You are a broke nursing student, your preceptor gainfully employed and established in her career. I vote for chocolate truffles and a homemade, heartfelt
  21. When you are a patient, it gives you a better perspective of healthcare. I had recent outpatient surgery. There was a real deficiency in the instruction process. It got me to thinking about how to...
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    Pt DC instructions: How to deliver?

    Wow, that's a great idea! I'm getting some fantastic ideas here, I will include them on the feedback form. 1) They need to have the correct protocol for the correct doctor. 2) The forms need to be...
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    Pt DC instructions: How to deliver?

    Activity limitations, timetable for follow up with OT, bathing, etc. Then I had a week of nausea, I had used a scopalmine patch left over from previous problems with same, then the side effects from...
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    School and sterile gloving

    Just as a side note: I don't remember instructors threatening us with dismissal like this in nursing school. These check offs weren't this apocalyptic in nature, with our entire career hanging in the...
  25. Overall, the path to med school is an uncertain and expensive journey. They don't exactly write their own tickets. I think you are terribly